2023 Best Value History Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best History School for You
History is the #23 most popular major in the country with 32,731 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value History Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for history students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best History Schools
Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for history students. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $12,809 per year. While working on their degree, history majors at South Dakota State accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.
South Dakota State also claimed a spot on our Best History Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia College is a great value for history students. Columbia College Missouri is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Columbia College Missouri undergraduate students pay an average of $11,636 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, history graduates from Columbia College Missouri carry an average student debtload of $36,950.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is a great value for history students. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Drury University - CCPS is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Drury University - CCPS are $7,924 a year. After completing their degree, history graduates from Drury University - CCPS carry an average student debtload of $29,000.
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The excellent programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $18,200 per year. After completing their degree, history graduates from Minnesota State Mankato carry an average student debtload of $26,667.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska at Kearney is a great value for history students. Located in the distant town of Kearney, UNK is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNK are $15,320 per year. The average amount in student loans that history majors at UNK take out is $20,581.
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Truman State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value history programs. Truman State is a small public school located in the remote town of Kirksville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Truman State are $16,410 per year. The average amount in student loans that history majors at Truman State take out is $25,000.
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University of Minnesota - Duluth ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value History Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Duluth.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMN Duluth are $19,148 a year. On average, history graduates from UMN Duluth take out $28,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
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University of Northern Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for history students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNI are $19,753 per year. While working on their degree, history majors at UNI accumulate an average of around $25,000 in student debt.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNI also is in the top 10% of our Best History Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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Lindenwood University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for history students. It came in at #9 on the list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Charles.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lindenwood University are $18,640 per year.
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Iowa State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for history students. It came in at #10 on the list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $25,446 per year. History majors at Iowa State take out an average of $26,007 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $190.
In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best History Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 219 |
| Minnesota | 398 |
| Iowa | 336 |
| South Dakota | 70 |
| Missouri | 496 |
| Nebraska | 224 |
| North Dakota | 49 |
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History Related Majors for History
History Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| History | 32,731 |
Majors Similar to History
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 327,871 |
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 24 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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